Enamur Rahman | |
Native Name: | এনামুর রহমান |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Office: | Minister of State for Disaster Management and Relief |
Primeminister: | Sheikh Hasina |
Term Start: | 7 January 2019 |
Term End: | 10 January 2024 |
Predecessor: | Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury |
Successor: | Muhibur Rahman Muhib |
Office1: | Member of Parliament |
Parliament1: | Bangladesh |
Term Start1: | 29 January 2014 |
Term End1: | 9 January 2024 |
Predecessor1: | Towhid Jung Murad |
Successor1: | Mohammad Saiful Islam |
Constituency1: | Dhaka-19 |
Birth Date: | 1957 3, df=y |
Birth Place: | Savar Upazila, Dhaka, East Pakistan, Pakistan |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Alma Mater: | Chittagong Medical College |
Spouses: | Farida Parveen |
Md. Enamur Rahman (born 8 March 1957)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He served as the State Minister for Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief during 2019–2024 and the Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-19 constituency during 2014–2024.[2]
Rahman completed MBBS from Chittagong Medical College in 1983.[3]
Enamur joined the government service after passing the Bangladesh Civil Service Examination in 1982. During his career, he served in Savar and Gopalganj districts. In 1992, he returned to Savar and established a 6-bed clinic called Enam Clinic. Established Enam Medical College and Hospital in 2003.[4] After the collapse of Rana Plaza in Savar on 24 April 2013, Enam Medical College and Hospital and its founder Enamur Rahman became nationally known for providing medical care to the injured for three months at various stages.[5]
Rahman is married to Farida Parveen. She is his third wife.[6]
While still a student of Enamur, he joined student politics and played an active role in the popular uprising of 1969 and the general elections of 1970. During the Bangladesh War of Independence in 1971, he helped the Liberation Army by translating letters written in Urdu by the Pakistan Army into Bengali. The 2014 Tenth He was elected unopposed from Dhaka-19 constituency in the National Parliament elections. He won from the same seat in the 2018 11th National Assembly election. On 7 January 2019, he was sworn in as the Minister of State for Disaster Management and Relief in Sheikh Hasina's fourth cabinet.[7]